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Cuscuta chinensis  Lam.

   

Botanical Name

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Cuscuta chinensis Lam.

English Name

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Chinese dodder

Family

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Convolvulaceae

 

General Info

Description

A perennial herb. Stems yellow, thin, ca. 1 mm in diam. Inflorescences lateral, compact cymose glomerules, few to many flowered, subsessile; bracts and bracteoles scalelike. Pedicel ca. 1 mm. Calyx cupular; sepals triangular, ca. 1.5 mm, apex obtuse, partly thickened. Corolla white, urceolate, ca. 3 mm; lobes persistent triangular-ovate, apex acute or obtuse, reflexed. Stamens inserted at throat; scales oblong, reaching stamens, long fimbriate. Ovary subglobose. Styles 2, equal or unequal in length; stigma globose. Capsule enclosed by withered corolla, globose, ca. 3 mm in diam., circumscissile. Seeds 2-4, pale brown, ovoid, ca. 1 mm, scabrous.

Herb Effects

Aphrodisiac, demulcent, diaphoretic, hepatic and tonic (seed)

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Medicinal Use

A lotion made from the stems is used in the treatment of sore heads and inflamed eyes. The seeds are decocted and used with other herbs to treat a variety of ailments. In particular, it is used in the treatment of impotence, nocturnal emissions, vertigo, lumbago, leucorrhoea, frequent micturation, decreased eyesight, threatened abortion and chronic diarrhoea.

Contraindication

Contraindicated in patients with excess fire due to Yin deficiency and with constipation.

Reference

Jing-Nuan Wu. An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica. P: 236, Oxford University Press, Inc.2005.

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